TURNBERRY (SCOTLAND): US President Donald Trump set a new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine or face consequences, underscoring frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 3-1/2-year-old conflict.Trump has threatened both sanctions on Russia and buyers of its exports unless progress is made. Speaking in Scotland, where he is holding meetings with European leaders and playing golf, Trump said he was disappointed in Putin and shortening a 50-day deadline he had set on the issue earlier this month.“I’m going to make a new deadline of about … 10 or 12 days from today,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with British PM Keir Starmer. “There’s no reason in waiting… We just don’t see any progress being made.” There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin.Trump, who has expressed annoyance also with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has not always followed up on his tough talk about Putin with action, citing what he deems a good relationship that the two men have had previously. On Monday, Trump indicated he was not interested in more talks with Putin. He said sanctions and tariffs would be used as penalties for Moscow if it did not meet Trump’s demands. “If you know what the answer is going to be, why wait? And it would be sanctions and maybe tariffs, secondary tariffs,” Trump said. “I don’t want to do that to Russia. I love the Russian people.” “I’m disappointed in President Putin,” Trump said. “I’m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number because I think I already know the answer what’s going to happen.” White House had not named Russia when it imposed levies on a host of countries in April. And the threat to impose secondary tariffs could threaten trading partners like China and India that import Russian oil and gas.agencies
